Strange lights illuminated parts of eastern China's sky, baffling residents. The mysterious lights materialised above Heze, in Shandong Province, at 7:30 am on September 28 as many people were on their way to work.

Two unnamed locals captured shimmering lights shining through the morning mist. The lights seemed to change at times and moved into different formations as if spelling out some message.

One of the people who captured the lights said they were not simply sunshine flickering through the mist but had come from the opposite side of the sky.

Many people gathered on the street, observing the peculiar spots in confusion. Most seemed to stare open-mouthed and stock still as they gazed up at the lights above them. Official government sources apparently offered no explanation for the phenomenon.